Wednesday, February 11, 2009
First thrust plate for a printable stepper motor milled
A quick test of the printable stepper thrust plate from Forrest Higgs on Vimeo.
In which your narrator turns plans into product... do you want to hear more?
Labels: "Clanking Replicator", HDPE, milled, pneumatic stepper motor, reprap, Tommelise
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Going high risk steampunk
In which your narrator finally gets stuck into exploring other prime movers for future reprap machines... do you want to read more?
Labels: "Clanking Replicator", fluid logic, fluidics, hydraulics, pneumatics, Tommelise
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Tommelise joins Zaphod and A.R.N.I.E.
There are now three open source 3D RepRap printers that have passed the "print a shot glass" milestone.
That's a standard British 25 ml short shot glass. I was halfway through my second shot before it occurred to me that it was 1000 in the morning, I'd had 3 hours sleep the previous night and hadn't made breakfast yet. I've been hammering getting the shot glass print done, you see.
You can read a complete account of the adventure here. Be sure and click on the "Continue reading" link at the bottom of the blog entry to get the complete account.
That's a standard British 25 ml short shot glass. I was halfway through my second shot before it occurred to me that it was 1000 in the morning, I'd had 3 hours sleep the previous night and hadn't made breakfast yet. I've been hammering getting the shot glass print done, you see.
You can read a complete account of the adventure here. Be sure and click on the "Continue reading" link at the bottom of the blog entry to get the complete account.
Labels: "3D printer", HDPE, RepRap "Clanking Replicator", Tommelise
